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him the things; but that was a lie: he got every blessed one
of them out of that young flathead that we canoed up to
the steamboat.
Then Mary Jane she fetched the letter her father left
behind, and the king he read it out loud and cried over it.
It give the dwelling-house and three thousand dollars,
gold, to the girls; and it give the tanyard (which was doing
a good business), along with some other houses and land
(worth about seven thousand), and three thousand dollars
in gold to Harvey and William, and told where the six
thousand cash was hid down cellar. So these two frauds
said they’d go and fetch it up, and have everything square
and above- board; and told me to come with a candle. We
shut the cellar door behind us, and when they found the
bag they spilt it out on the floor, and it was a lovely sight,
all them yaller-boys. My, the way the king’s eyes did
shine! He slaps the duke on the shoulder and says:
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‘Oh, THIS ain’t bully nor noth’n! Oh, no, I reckon
not! Why, Biljy, it beats the Nonesuch, DON’T it?’
The duke allowed it did. They pawed the yaller- boys,
and sifted them through their fingers and let them jingle
down on the floor; and the king says:
‘It ain’t no use talkin’; bein’ brothers to a rich dead
man and representatives of furrin heirs that’s got left is the
line for you and me, Bilge. Thish yer comes of trust’n to
Providence. It’s the best way, in the long run. I’ve tried
‘em all, and ther’ ain’t no better way.’
Most everybody would a been satisfied with the pile,